{"id":42217,"date":"2026-03-01T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42217"},"modified":"2026-03-01T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T09:04:29","slug":"naqvi-informs-pm-of-work-permits-deal-visa-waivers-for-pakistanis-after-european-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42217","title":{"rendered":"Naqvi informs PM of work permits deal, visa waivers for Pakistanis after European talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on Sunday by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on the outcomes of his recent participation in two high-level multilateral meetings held in Europe.<\/p>\n

Naqvi informed Shehbaz of his attendance at a four-nation interior ministers’ meeting in Rome, Italy, which brought together counterparts from Pakistan, Italy, Spain, and Greece. He also briefed the premier on a separate six-country meeting held in Poland, attended by the interior ministers of Pakistan, Poland, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, and Lithuania.<\/p>\n

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Both conferences resulted in an agreement among participating nations to expedite the issuance of legal work permits for Pakistani nationals, Naqvi told the prime minister.<\/p>\n

Further, he conveyed member states’ appreciation for Pakistan’s efforts in reducing the number of individuals travelling illegally to European countries \u2013 a figure that fell by 47% within a single year \u2013 as well as the measures taken to combat human smuggling.<\/p>\n

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On the bilateral front, Poland and Italy are set to soon abolish visa requirements for holders of Pakistani diplomatic and official passports, Naqvi informed Shehbaz. He also noted that a comprehensive plan to further strengthen Pakistan’s immigration and border security capacity will be presented to the European Union at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>\n

Shehbaz commended the interior minister for his efforts. The meeting also touched upon the country’s internal situation and overall security landscape.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on Sunday by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on the outcomes of his recent participation in two high-level multilateral meetings held in Europe. Naqvi informed Shehbaz of his attendance at a four-nation interior ministers’ meeting in Rome, Italy, which brought together counterparts from Pakistan, Italy, Spain, and Greece. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}